Posted on 05/20/2013 11:09:15 AM PDT by Jean S
The mass migration into Illinois will be something to behold.
Wisconsin job training ping
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I did...from LaGuardia to Bloomberg...and Rudy was, by far, the best.
How right you are! I missed the subtlety of “a job” vs “the job”.
Any job.
I'd object much less to subsidizing working poor than to feeding layabouts. But I'd prefer to see both go back to the old way- CHARITY.
Works for me.
That is about half.
At least 40 percent of entitlement spending is fraud.
An LA County audit about 10 years ago documented a 60% fraud rate in LA county alone. The LA County entitlement budget is 18 billion dollars a year.
This I on top of an already publicly disclosed cost of 5 billion per year for court mandated free health care for illegal aliens
This requirement is only for able bodied people who are not working. It would not stop any employed low income person from getting food stamps.
“Whats the cost of the job training vs. the cost of their continuing to receive food stamps and do nothing?”
That is the most important fact that the journalist Jason Stein should have reported in the linked article. But, it would have required too much work apparently!
According to the WI Legislature’s nonpartisan budget office report linked in the article, for the year 2012 there were an average of 840,193 people enrolled at a cost of $1.1778 BILLION to the federal gubmint (FoodShare is a WI rename for fed food stamps and is not a state benefit). So, if half of the people drop out, that would save over $1 BILLION over the next two years in taxpayer money (in WI alone!) vs. an estimated job training cost of only $35.8 million. That is one hell of a deal!
Also, according to that report, this requirement for job search or training is ALREADY in the fed food stamp law as an option for states to enforce. So this is not a new proposal. IMO, all states should exercise this option.
And Clinton based HIS welfare reforms on those Governor Thompson made in Wisconsin.
But that was in a whole ‘nother LIFETIME ago. *SIGH*
Oh I get that. These programs were designed for people needed temporary help, is there abuse - yes.
And the are. people on FR who lump everyone in the same pot.
As I understand it from the article, the job-training requirement would apply only to able-bodied, working-age adults with no children, and half THAT group would drop out, not half the total recipient population. That changes the cost/benefit calculation.
It might still come out ahead in terms of cost, but we don't know.
It's fascinating, though, that so many decide that even "job training," not getting a job or anything!, is too difficult.
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